Over 1,500 lorries are stranded in Kent and the number is set to grow as Tesco warns of fruit and vegetable shortages over Christmas

Over 1,500 lorries are stranded in Kent and the number is set to grow as Tesco warns of fruit and vegetable shortages over Christmas

More than 1,500 lorries were stranded in Kent, England on Tuesday morning.

The number was far higher than what Boris Johnson claimed on Monday “” and it is set to get bigger.

Britain's borders are in crisis after France banned all UK travellers “” including hauliers “” from entering.

It has quickly led to a pile up of HGVs in Britain, with the UK government providing food and toilet facilities to lorry drivers stuck on England's motorway waiting for the Channel crossing to re-open.

Tesco and Sainsbury's have said that certain fruit and vegetables will be in short supply over Christmas.

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Over 1,500 lorries were stuck in the county of Kent on Tuesday morning as Britain's border with the European Union remained largely closed “” far more than Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed there were during his press conference on Monday afternoon.

Priti Patel, the UK Home Secretary, this morning told BBC Radio 4 that there were 650 HGVs parked up on the M20 motorway waiting to reach the Port of Dover, and 873 at an airport in Manston which is being used as a lorry park.

However, Johnson yesterday said that the number of HGVs parked on the motorway